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Charity welcomes tighter controls on drug companies
Mental health charity Mind has welcomed the government's pledge to increase drug companies' responsibility to pass on clinical trials information.
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Prescription costs to rise
Prescription charges will increase by 25p from 1 April, public health minister Dawn Primarolo has announced.The increase, which the department stressed is below the rate of inflation, will take the cost of a single prescription item to £7.10.
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Government responds to NICE report
The government has rejected suggestions that National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence technology appraisals are an unfunded pressure on the NHS.
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National diabetes director appointed
Dr Rowan Hillson has been appointed the new national clinical director for diabetes, it was announced today.
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Government sets out plans to boost PCT accountability
The government today unveiled plans for a white paper designed to make public services, including primary care trusts, more accountable to local communities.
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GPs accept extended hours under protest
GPs have voted to accept a new deal that will mean most practices opening for longer. But they say they are angry at the way the government handled negotiations.More than nine out of 10 GPs polled by the British Medical Association voted for the first of two options, but 96 ...
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PCTs share experiences of new dental contract
A report examining the state of NHS dentistry through the eyes of primary care trusts was launched by the Patients Association today.
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Wales launches new mental health training programme
The Welsh Assembly today announced funding for new training at Swansea University that will allow nurses, occupational therapists and psychologists to become 'approved mental health professionals'.
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Posts left open as national locum shortage takes hold
Leaked Department of Health documents reveal a national shortage of locum hospital doctors, with some trusts reporting they are 'lucky if applicants attend for interview'.HSJ first highlighted the issue last year and the DH insisted as recently as 14 February this year that there was no evidence of a widespread ...
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No probes into London mental health killings
NHS managers who failed to investigate nearly half of the murders and manslaughters carried out by London mental health patients over a four-year period will not be held to account.
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Credit crunch puts Kent PFI under threat
Plans by Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust for a new private finance initiative hospital were dealt a blow this week when the bonds intended to finance the deal were downgraded.
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Surplus forecast by HSJ still on course
The NHS is still on track to make a £1.8bn surplus at the end of this financial year, as first revealed by HSJ.
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Chief medic warns safety standards not high enough
The core standards used to measure trusts' performance in annual assessments are 'not strong enough' on patient safety, the chief medical officer has told HSJ.
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PCTs cut continuing care packages
More than a quarter of primary care trusts have cut the number of adults they give NHS 'continuing care', despite guidance intended to boost provision.Figures published by the Department of Health show 44 PCTs reduced the number of people to whom they give the care package between April and December ...
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Outcry forces former C diff chief to resign
Ruth Harrison, the former chief executive of C difficile-hit Stoke Mandeville Hospital, has stepped down from an NHS consultancy post in the wake of public outcry.
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England's waiting times no better than Wales
Statistics on waiting times in England and Wales have led to questions over the value for money of initiatives to reduce waiting times in England.
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Doctors 'battered with targets' as pockets 'lined with gold'
Tony Blair's former chief adviser on public service reform has accused the government of 'battering' doctors with targets and 'lining their pockets with gold'.
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Patient affairs lead is 'not a new czar'
The Department of Health has appointed a new diabetes czar and a director of patient and public affairs.
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Union warns over offensive email activity
NHS organisations need policies in place to deal with staff accessing offensive material on work computers, NHS Employers has said.
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Tooke calls for urgent action on doctors' role
In January the Tooke report on medical careers was well received. But pressure groups have accused the government of using delaying tactics in its response, reports Ann McGauran